For three short months in 2011, Aniece Meinhold and Cesar Zapata spent nights running the wildly popular Vietnamese pop-up Phuc Yea inside downtown Miami’s Crown Bistro. Then, like a midsummer squall, the place vanished. At the time, contemporary Miami cuisine was just taking shape. Michael Schwartz’s James Beard Award was…
No matter where in the world you go, you’ll find eerily similar dishes spun out with regional ingredients. They’re humble, universal plates. Dishes such as chicken soup (pho ga and aji de gallina, for example), skewered and grilled meat, and savory fillings wrapped in tender dough…
The 45th president of the United States is hours away from being elected, a moment most of us have anxiously awaited. Instead of stress-eating a slice of pizza, nosh on something more timely: a Grab ‘Em by the Pistachio or Vanillary Clinton ice-cream cone at Serendipity.
Fall is upon us, and that means the start of a new season of events, parties, and tourists rushing to bake on our sandy beaches. Autumn in Miami also means restaurant openings. Last month saw the local dining scene heating up with more than a dozen new eateries. Of course,…
This is it…the weekend calm before the storm of election day. Since each party thinks the word will end at some time Wednesday, why not get out and enjoy life as we know it for a few more days. This weekend, have a few beers, chow on tacos, or explore…
Miami Beach’s South of Fifth neighborhood is about to get spicy. Lolo’s Surf Cantina, a new restaurant concept by chef/partner Richard Ampudia, will bring Mexican-style dining inspired by Baja California to South Florida. Slated to open before the end of 2016, Lolo’s is the progeny of Ampudia and Plan Do See…
Miami’s second-annual Plant-Based Burger Battle is in the books, and a local eatery took home top honors. Wynwood’s Love Life Wellness Center was the celebrity judges’ favorite.
Tucked away on NE 79th Street, Mina’s Mediterraneo recently celebrated its anniversary, marking three years since it brought affordable Mediterranean cuisine to Miami’s Upper Eastside.
On a recent segment of WLRN’s radio show “Restaurant Roundabout,” food writer Jen Karetnick mentioned that Michael Schwartz’s new restaurant, Fi’lia, was so hot you could actually see the reservations flying away on OpenTable. Though that sounds like an exaggeration, it’s quite true.
In the section labeled “Chef’s Favorites” on Paula DaSilva’s latest menu set to launch this December at Artisan Beach House in Bal Harbour, you’ll find all the foods she’s currently craving. For example, there’ll probably be poutine, one of the chef’s favorite dishes when visiting Montreal…
Cristina Palacios and her husband Gustavo Gomez have been eating at the same location two to three times a week for the past month. The regulars at Rail 71 Café say they’ve been frequenting the eatery because of the vibes and delicious food. “Every time I come here they are…
As we grow up, no daily meal changes as much as breakfast. Once, the morning meal was the domain of cereals that delighted us with mascots — cheeky toucans, cheerful tigers, not-so-scary monsters, and the iconic ship’s captain. Cap’n Crunch was introduced in 1963 and, with his trusty companion, Seadog…
October is a big benchmark for Miami. Cooler weather brings the first stirrings of another tourist and festival season, with the city ramping up for upcoming fetes such as Art Basel and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.
“I love waiting tables,” Marco Gonzalez says as he tears into a meatball sub at Miami Shores’ Pizza Point. The short 42-year-old with olive skin and large, piercing brown eyes wears his hair close-cropped after serving three years in the Marines. In the decades since his discharge, luxury restaurants have…
Coya, the Peruvian restaurant in Brickell, is adding a twist to its list of options with a new power lunch. The menu by executive chef Gareth Rhodes offers the eatery’s well-heeled patrons a three-course midday meal for $29 (excluding tax and tip).
Cesar Morales, the powerhouse behind the brands Wood Tavern, the Bar Next Door, Pancho Taco, and BND Burgers, is slated to open his newest concepts — Taverna Las Rosas (2898 NW Seventh Ave.) and Allapattah Market (728 NW 29th St.) — both in Allapattah.
In Miami, weekends are reserved for bright and bubbly drinks paired with expansive spreads of breads, sweets, meats, and other specialty plates. That’s because brunch in the 305 isn’t an option — it’s a ritual.
El Churrasco, a South American steakhouse, opened its first U.S. outpost inside the Four Ambassadors Building this past July. With locations in Spain’s Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, the restaurant brings a medley of Latin influences to its stateside location.
Despite society’s love for all things bacon, most meat eaters shy away from actually seeing how pigs become pork. As the saying goes: “There’s a reason you take your children to pick apples but don’t take them to a slaughterhouse.” After a recent transport truck accident outside a pork processing plant…
There is a new high-protein energy bar on the market thanks to a pair of Miamians. Shanti Bar, a handheld snack packed with power and flavor, is now available on shelves at South Florida Whole Foods Markets. Even U.S. soccer star Hope Solo gives the product a thumbs-up.
The sound of hot oil sizzling and popping can curl anyone’s lips to smile. But to what end should that oil be used? Should it turn thinly sliced potatoes to French fries? What about crisping thin rounds of sweet potato that when partnered with crunch pork belly and piquant salsa criolla, form Peru’s beloved butifarra sandwich?
On a cool, sunny Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of people snaked in a line that stretched about three city blocks. Young and old — on foot, in strollers, and (in one case) on crutches, fans of Knaus Berry Farm queued up for the bake shop and farm stand’s season opener.
